The Rumely Oil Pull was a line of

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s developed by

Advance-Rumely The Advance-Rumely Company of La Porte, Indiana was an American pioneering producer of many types of agricultural machinery, most notably threshing machines and large tractors. Started in 1853 manufacturing threshers and later moved on to steam e ...

Company from 1909 and sold 1910 to 1930. Most were heavy tractors powered by an internal combustion, magneto fired engine designed to burn all

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grades at any load, called the Oil Turn. A popular model, the Type F, had a single cylinder of 10" bore and a 12" stroke. It was started by the operator stepping out of the cab via the large iron rear wheel, climbing onto the

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and using his bodyweight to get it turning, then quickly rushing back into the cab to adjust the choke and try to keep the engine running.

Models

Heavy Weights

Kerosene Annie *Rumely Model "B" Prototype. Only one remains. It is currently on display in Boise, Idaho. Model "B" 25-45 *1910 Serial# 1 - 100
1910 Serial# 1 - 100 *1911 Serial# 2,101 - 2,269 *1912 Serial# 2,270 - 2,936 Model "E" 30-60 *1910 Serial# 101 - 236 *1911 Serial# 237 - 746 *1912 Serial# 747 - 1,678 *1913 Serial# 1,679 - 1,787 *1914 Serial# None Built *1915 Serial# 1,819 - 2,018 *1916 Serial# 2,019 - 2,100 *1917 Serial# 2,997 - 8,724 *1918 Serial# 8,725 - 8,902 *1919 Serial# 11,500 - 11,596 *1920 Serial# 2,252 - 2,351 *1921 Serial# 2,352 - 2,402 *1922 Serial# 2,404 - 2,453 *1923 Serial# 2,454 - 2,503 Model "S" 30-60 *1924 Serial# 1-4 *1925 Serial# 5-34 *1926 Serial# 35-234 *1927 Serial# 235-434 *1928 Serial# 435-514 Model "Y" 30-50 *1929 Serial# 1-45 Model "Z" 40-70 *1929 Serial# 1-215

References

External Links

Information at tractordata.com
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